Bachelor Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Computer Science - Software, University of Paderborn, 14 entries in the bibliography, language: English, comment: This work will give insight on the current developments in the field of server virtualization and the various techniques involved in it as well as a short historical overview about when the first types of virtualization were introduced. The findings will mostly be supported by examples of current virtual environments (especially the XEN project)., abstract: Server virtualization is currently a field of IT which is undergoing a rapid development. Introducing an even spread of performance on server farms which results in a good TCO (total cost of ownership), virtualization has already got the full attention from industry, resulting in massive participation and huge acquisitions. With server virtualization the size of server farms can be reduced dramatically, resulting in a lower total cost of ownership and (by using techniques like Linux-HA in virtual environments) increased availability. Even with an overhead of 10-20% on the layer of virtualization it is still very interesting since the load on a server farm can be spread evenly (which is not only a main target in server virtualization but also in distributed systems in general). This work will give an insight on the current developments in the field of server virtualization and the various techniques involved in it as well as a short historical overview about when the first types of virtualization were introduced (and why they failed, since according to A. Tanenbaum the current hardware is not made to be virtualized). The findings will mostly be supported by examples of current virtual environments (especially the XEN project). The paper will first introduce the different ways of virtualizing a system and in how far hardware can or can not support this. The second part will introduce the current software for virtualizing a server and giving user

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Careers that involve helping people are tremendously rewarding; they also offer diverse opportunities. In order to decide what job route is best for you, you need to begin with a clear plan: What will you specialize in? Do you need an advanced degree or certificate? How will you find the right position? "Careers in Social and Rehabilitation Services" has the answers. Here, you'll discover all the information you need to find a satisfying and secure job doing what you love. Whether you want to work at a not-for-profit, become a physical therapist, or be a career counselor, this guide will help you: Clearly understand your various career optionsKey in on the specialty best suited for you--from psychology to social work to rehabilitation servicesKnow what to expect when you start outFind the education and training you'll need to stay ahead of the competitionFamiliarize yourself with current salaries, benefits, and the best job prospects

Many years of research into using Electronic Voting Systems (EVS) within lectures has so far led to the conclusion that EVS is of beneficial value to student learning by involving students directly in conversation and deeper reflection. EVS researchers have proposed that using the voting data from EVS outside the lecture theatre may also benefit learning. They suggest that an Integrated Learning Environment (ILE) presenting this data would enable students to self-direct their learning and tutors to continue the dialogue from lectures. This book describes the implementation of such an ILE used within an introductory programming course at the University of Glasgow, in order to investigate these proposed benefits. This book also discusses what impact the instructional design of the course has on student learning and uses this discussion to illuminate the findings. This reasoning leads to suggested changes to the instructional design to provide better opportunity for deeper reflection amongst the students.

The International Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress Organization (CIP4) provides a technical standard for reliable interoperability between different hardware and software vendors in the print media industry. The standard is based on the Job Definition Format (JDF), an XML-based job ticket, and the Job Messaging Format (JMF), a job messaging protocol. This book covers the design and implementation of pull workflows in a JDF environment, based on the JDF Specification v1.3. Usually, controllers submit jobs to workers. In order to keep track of the workers, information about their statuses and capabilities has to be updated continuously. This can get time and network consuming in larger implementations. Pull workflows can help to tackle these problems. As part of this book, Bambi has been developed. Bambi is a set of J2EE applications for simulating pull workflows. A library covering its core functionality is provided as well.

Global software development (GSD) projects should allow efficient development of complex software systems while teams coming from diverse cultural backgrounds, technical capabilities, and time zones work together. However, GSD projects are also complex socio-technical systems which face the challenge of facilitating collaboration in a heterogeneous and changing technical environment. This book presents: 1) A model to describe GSD projects as socio-technical systems and analyze their risks and weak spots in order to support the project manager weigh the trade-offs between resources, quality and schedule that come with changes in the project plan. 2) A domain-specific language for notification modeling, which allows precise and user-friendly modeling of the notification requirements. 3) The tool prototype Noticon, which integrates the work tools that are used in GSD projects via open source technologies (Mule, ActiveMQ, Drools) in order to provide rich notification capabilities. 4) A feasibility study for the evaluation of the model and the tool prototype conducted in cooperation with experts from Siemens PSE in the context of a typical GSD environment.

The Ultimate Reference & Learning Guide for Business Objects and SAP careers Over 150 Certification Questions, Answers, and Explanations It's clear that Business Objects SA is the future for analytics and reporting in SAP - but finding good reference materials can be difficult. Now, for the first time, a world class Business Objects SA consultant shares his knowledge and understanding of this complex topic. Business Objects SA guides you easily through your learning process. From helping you to assess your Business Objects SA skills, to helping screen candidates for your Business Objects positions, Business Objects SA will help you understand what you really need to know. This book is organized around several areas of Business Objects Architecture, Crystal Reports, Programming, Installation and Troubleshooting. More than just a rehash of Business Objects documentation and sales presentations, each question is based on implementation project know-how gained on high-profile Business Objects implementations. Key topics include: Crystal Reports Importing, Exporting, Formulas and Data Connectivity & Access General Issues

Globalization and increased competition require that software products are introduced to the market as early as possible. For the successful development of software products it is crucial to take the process view which distinguishes between three processes that consist of multiple steps: product management processes, project management processes and software methodologies. The software industry differentiates itself from the classical production industry by having a great variety of software methodologies available. Often project management processes are perceived isolated from the product development processes for software products. In order to guarantee a successful product development the phases and milestones between these three process types need to be aligned. This work shows the process alignment from the project management view. It identifies the relationships between project management, product management and software development methodologies. Further it provides systems dynamics models for software methodologies to show the effect of these software methodologies over time and to identify the parameters that can influence the progress of a project.

The contemporary genre of software art is characterized by creative and critical engagement with the technical language of computer programming. While at one level this represents a new realm of artistic possibility, at another level it raises fundamental questions concerning how aesthetic practices can intervene within processes of logical abstraction and instrumental engineering. This monograph argues that the potential of software art resides less in defining a settled and clearly delineated creative field than in opening up a space of vital aesthetic risk in which a variety of discursive boundaries can be challenged. It begins by examining the notion of software within computer science and new media theory, moves on to provide an overview of the emergence of software art, and then considers a range of specific dilemmas - of cultural position, of aesthetic visibility and of recursive focus - that the genre confronts. These dilemmas are addressed both generally and in relation to aspects of the author's own software art practice. This monograph should prove interesting to theorists and practitioners in the fields of media, new media and software art.

The Ultimate Reference & Learning Guide for Microsoft Navision Consultants, Administrators, and Developers Over 150 Certification Questions, Answers, and Explanations It's clear that Microsoft Navision is the future for cost effective ERP, but few resources exist for the professional consultant seeking quick insight to the software package. Appropriate for all levels of NAV proficiency, over 150 Questions, Answers, and Explanations guide you through your learning process. From helping you to assess your Navision skills to evaluating candidates for a job, Microsoft Navision Interview Questions will help you understand what you really need to know, and what you can safely ignore. The book is organized around implementation issues, functional design, and audit and security. Each question includes everything you need to know to master the interview or properly evaluate a candidate. More than just a rehash of Microsoft documentation and sales presentations, each question is based on project knowledge and experience gained on successful high-profile Navision implementations. Key certification and interview topics include: Outlook Integration, Reports & Table Formats, Software Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade. Technical Compatibility, and More.

Completely Revised The Essential Guide to SAP Security and Audit Concepts With 100+ Security Interview Questions, FAQs, and Step by Step Examples It's clear that security and audit are among the most challenging areas in SAP and Learning can be difficult. SAP Security Interview Questions, Answers and Explanations is a direct answer to the need for practical security information for SAP users, consultants, and managers. From default passwords to authorization profiles, SAP Security Interview Questions, Answers and Explanations will put you on the path to understanding what you really need to know. The book is a collection of references that every Security consultant should have at the ready. More than just a rehash of SAP documentation and sales presentations, each question is based on project knowledge and experience gained on successful high-profile SAP implementations. SAP Security Interview Questions, Answers and Explanations Includes: . Finding Audit Critical Combinations . Authentication, Transaction Logging, and Passwords . Roles, Profiles, and User Management . ITAR, DCAA, DCMA, and Audit Requirements . The most important security settings to know . Security Tuning, Tips & Tricks, and FAQ . SAP Authorization Concept

The Ultimate Reference & Learning Guide for Web Dynpro for ABAP careers Over 100 Certification Questions, Answers, and Explanations It's clear that Web Dynpro is the future for customization and enhancement in SAP - but finding good reference materials can be difficult. Now, for the first time, a world class Web Dynpro consultant shares his knowledge and understanding of this complex topic. Web Dynpro for ABAP guides you easily through your learning process. From helping you to assess your Web Dynpro skills, to helping screen candidates for your ABAP positions, Web Dynpro for ABAP will help you understand what you really need to know. This book is organized around several areas of Web Dynpro for ABAP: Component based development, selected topics in User Interface design, Business Server Pages, and more. More than just a rehash of Web Dynpro for ABAP documentation and sales presentations, each question is based on implementation project know-how gained on high-profile Web Dynpro for ABAP implementations. Key topics include: Component based development Topics in User Interface Design Business Server Pages

Attribute Enabled Programming (AEP) is a wide-spreading technique that uses attributes to decorate existing code entities. AEP is supported in several general purpose languages, such as, .NET and Java, and by modeling languages, such as, MOF / UML. Attribute annotations may, however, fail to scale. Attribute dependencies complicate the interpretation and add-hoc solutions are difficult to maintain. A well defined development methodology that covers all the steps of Attribute Enabled Software Development (AESD) needs to be applied. This book focuses on the domain of mobile device software applications, based on Java Micro Edition (Java ME), and discusses the complete steps of applying AESD to model domain specific abstractions. Relation to product-lines is explored, and a concept of attribute-supported mobile containers to organize domain services, adapted from the enterprise containers, such as, Java EE and COM+, is presented. A structured methodology to transform attribute-based abstractions that warranties termination is introduced and illustrated. The book targets software professionals, and researchers in software engineering, programming languages, and graph transformations.

On-road vehicles are a key source of air pollution in metropolitan areas. Transportation planners and policy makers are confronted with the impacts of transportation on air quality. They require a tool to quantify the environmental effects of planned transportation control and urban development measure and thus aid in selecting the most suitable projects. This book describes the development of CALMOB6 - a tool to estimate emissions and fuel consumption effects of proposed developments or regulations before they are implemented. The model incorporates twenty-one vehicle sub-classes. On a second-by-second basis, CALMOB6 calculates emission rates of carbon monoxide, nitric oxides, hydrocarbons, particulates and carbon dioxide, as well as the fuel consumption rates for vehicles operating in an urban region. It can forecast these quantities till year 2050. CALMOB6 considers effects of alternative fuels, vehicle fleet, cold-starts, super-emitters and environmental conditions. The tool can produce an inventory on scales varying from an entire urban region down to a single identified street at a single operating time-scale. This book is addressed to professionals in transportation and environment.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Integrate Web 2.0 trends and technologies into the enterprise Written by a team of experts from the Web 2.0 community and Oracle Corporation, this innovative guide provides a blueprint for leveraging the new culture of participation in an enterprise environment. Reshaping Your Business with Web 2.0 offers proven strategies for the successful adoption of an enterprise 2.0 paradigm and covers the technical solutions that best apply in specific situations. You will find clear guidelines for using Web 2.0 technologies and standards in a productive way to align with business goals, increase efficiency, and provide measurable bottom line growth. Foster collaboration and accelerate information dissemination with blogs and wikis Implement folksonomic strategies to achieve business intelligence, analytics, and semantic web goals Capture and broadcast connection graphs and activity streams via social networks Bring together application data, business analytics, unstructured information, and collaborative interactions in enterprise mashups Enable rich Internet applications with Ajax, Ruby on Rails, Flash, FLEX, and other technologies Connect your Web 2.0 ecosystem through Web services, such as REST and JSON Ensure security and compliance management

The Ultimate Reference & Learning Guide for Microsoft CRM careers Over 150 Certification Questions, Answers, and Explanations It's clear that Microsoft CRM is the future for customer focused business applications on Windows platforms, but finding clear, user-friendly up-to-date resources for job applicants can be difficult. Over 150 Microsoft CRM Interview Questions, Answers, and Explanations guide you through your learning process. From helping you to assess your skills to evaluating candidates for a job, CRM Certification Questions, Answers, & Explanations will help you understand what you really need to know. Each question includes everything you need to know to master the interview or properly evaluate a candidate. More than just a rehash of Microsoft documentation and sales presentations, each question is based on project knowledge and experience gained on successful high-profile CRM implementations. Key certification and interview topics include: . Quote to Cash Business Process Overview . Overview of Microsoft CRM's capabilities . Architecture, Integration with Outlook . Common challenges and troubleshooting . New features in 4.0

The project is based on the benefits of Design by Contract on testing. If contracts - preconditions, postconditions, class invariants - are systematically associated with classes, they provide an invaluable source of information for producing systematic tests, directly based on the software's expressly intended semantics. The goal of this project is to develop a tool called "Test Wizard," which generates test cases automatically from contract-equipped classes. The Test Wizard will serve as a workbench to try out different testing strategies.

The Ultimate Reference & Learning Guide for the SAP Professional No more digging through menu items - go straight to the transaction. Covers FICO, MM, SD, HR, and Netweaver Wether you are new to SAP, or a veteran SAP project manager this book will come in handy. First in a series of SAP transaction code books, SAP R/3 Transaction Codes is BIG. With 330+ pages of transaction codes and explanations for FICO, HR, SD, MM, and Netweaver. This book will come in handy. The table of contents and index are also comprehensive, making it easy to find what you need and help you save precious time. Transaction codes are the key to working in the SAP R/3 and SAP ECC environments; however, a user-friendly and thorough resource can be difficult to locate. From helping you to locate a transaction you haven't used in a while to helping you unlock new functionality in SAP R/3, this guide has what you need to work faster. In addition to acting as a handy reference, this guide will help you set yourself apart from other SAP professionals - knowing the right TCODE is often the difference between a mid-range and senior SAP resource. This book contains comprehensive transaction code listings for HR, MM, SD, FICO, and new Netweaver components as well. Key topics include: SAP Netweaver Transaction Codes, MM Transaction Codes, FICO Transaction Codes, SD Transaction Codes, and SAP HR Transaction Codes.

Master's Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Computer Science - Applied, grade: 1.0, Technical University of Munich (Institute for Informatics), 82 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Multicore systems are dominating the processor market; they enable the increase in computing power of a single chip in proportion to the Moore's law-driven increase in number of transistors. A similar evolution is observed in the system-on-chip (SoC) market through the emergence of multi-processor SoC (MPSoC) designs. Nevertheless, MPSoCs introduce some challenges to the system architects concerning the efficient design of memory hierarchies and system interconnects while maintaining the low power and cost constraints. In this master thesis, I try to address some of these challenges: namely, non-cache coherent DMA transfers in MPSoCs, low instruction cache utilization by OS codes, and factors governing the system throughput in MPSoC designs. These issues are investigated using the empirical and simulation approaches. Empirical studies are conducted on the Danube platform. Danube is a commercial MPSoC platform that is based on two 32-bit MIPS cores and developed by Infineon Technologies AG for deployment in access network processing equipments such as integrated access devices, customer premises equipments, and home gateways. Simulation-based studies are conducted on a system based on the ARM MPCore architecture. Achievements include the successful implementation and testing of novel hardware and software solutions for improving the performance of non-cache coherent DMA transfers in MPSoCs. Several techniques for reducing the instruction cache miss rate are investigated and applied. Finally, a qualitative analysis of the impact of instruction reuse, number of cores, and memory bandwidth on the system throughput in MPSoC systems is presented.

The Ultimate Reference & Learning Guide for SAP careers 144 Frequently Asked Questions, Answers, and Explanations. SAP MDM has emerged as a must-know tool for SAP professionals, and finding user-friendly and up-to-date information can be difficult. 200+ pages of SAP Netweaver MDM Frequently Asked Questions, Answers, and Explanations guide you through your learning process. From helping you to assess your SAP MDM skills to evaluating candidates for a job, SAP MDM Frequently Asked Questions: SAP MDM FAQ will help you understand what you really need to know and what you can safely ignore. Each question includes everything you need to know to master the technology, ace a job interview, or properly interview a candidate. More than just a rehash of SAP documentation and sales presentations, each question is based on project knowledge and experience gained on successful high-profile SAP MDM implementations. Key review topics include: MDM Console, MDM Import Manager, MDM Data Manager, MDM Syndicator Installation and Basis components, Application programming (including sample code), troubleshooting connectivity, Syndicator issues, Importing XSD, Creating Repositories, and mapping to BW.

Pro PerformancePoint Server 2007 is Microsoft's latest product in its line of business intelligence applications, a piece of software that gathers data from corporate databases and delivers it to an end user in a friendly, graphical fashion. PerformancePoint offers the next step in the digitization world. Businesses now have gigabytes upon terabytes of data in databases; there's a need to interpret the data and glean key business insights from it and PerformancePoint.

Author Philo Janus walks you through the business process management and architecture of the PerformancePoint product before delving into developing a complete business intelligence solution, from start to finish. What you'll learn Develop an endtoend business intelligence solution Harness and massage data using SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Analysis Services, and SQL Server Reporting Services Use ProClarity Analytics to get a better view on corporate performance data Build a portal with key performance indicators and business scorecards using PerformancePoint, Excel Services, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Build out a complete business scorecard Develop tools for business planning and forecasting Who this book is for

If you're interested in harvesting data from your corporate databases, developing solutions to represent it visually to different audiences in your business, and slicing and dicing that information in a variety of different ways, PerformancePoint--and this book--are for you.

Simplified Building Energy Modeling Tool for Architects is an energy software program designed to study the relative change of energy uses in different architectural design schemes.It can be used in the design process, construction, and daily operation of most buildings. This energy-based interfacing program is intended to help architects, engineers, educators, students, building designers, major consumers of architectural services, and other professionals, whose work interfaces with that of architects, to quickly visualize, and compare energy performance and savings of different design schemes. The techniques are sophisticated enough to inform design decisions, enable performance analysis and diagnostic studies. The book begins with the importance of and outlines its scope of work, problems, hepotheses, innovative approach, objectives, methodology and procedure, assumptions and limitations, research findings, and outcommes and results, takes the readers into a historical development and recent trends of building energy modeling, analysis, and design tools, then explains the major concepts of the software tool: module and its parameters, and many different functions that the tool can do.

Die modernen Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien sind heute in allen Unternehmensbereichen pr sent. Wer es versteht, die M glichkeiten des E-Business effizient zu nutzen und in die Unternehmensstrategie zu integrieren, wird auch auf umk mpften M rkten erfolgreich sein. Dieses Praxishandbuch wendet sich an Fach- und F hrungskr fte. Es soll helfen, die Potenziale neuer Technologien zu erkennen und diese gezielt einzusetzen. Das Handbuch beschreibt hierf r Konzepte, gibt Empfehlungen und veranschaulicht beides durch zahlreiche Beispiele aus der Praxis verschiedener Unternehmen.

In today s world, most global companies face enormous challenges in dealing with an inflexible budget climate when complex changes are required. "Secrets to a Successful Commercial Software Implementation" will help guide business leaders to gain understanding of how commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) software like SAP, Seibel, and PeopleSoft should be applied in order to ultimately achieve significant cost savings.

Project management professional Nick Berg utilizes his strong background in domestic and international Systems Applications and Products to teach others the potential benefits of implementing COTS products such as faster deployment time, enhanced quality and reliability, reduced development risk, provided periodic upgrades and improvements, and an already established support system. He introduces a unique process for COTS development, presents best-practice processes for COTS projects, and defines the architecture procedures within the COTS environment. Finally, he walks through each project phase of a COTS-based project by introducing the objectives, road map, roles, activities, artifacts, and milestone of the phase.

The cultural impact on an organization facing this decision is profound, but if implemented with forethought, planning, and dedicated guidance and execution, the benefits to an organization will be long reaching and significant.